]]>http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2015/01/22/inside-out/feed/0pekkan4Inside out, by Mia, Water colorMia’s art at the Cornish Playhouse Exhibit hosted by Cornish College of the Artshttp://pekkaniikkonen.com/2015/01/17/mias-art-at-the-cornish-playhouse-hosted-by-cornish-college-of-the-arts/
http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2015/01/17/mias-art-at-the-cornish-playhouse-hosted-by-cornish-college-of-the-arts/#commentsSat, 17 Jan 2015 22:25:11 +0000http://pekkaniikkonen.com/?p=1439Continue reading →]]>Mia’s art work was at the exhibit in the Cornish Playhouse hosted by Cornish College of the Arts. She had two pieces up. One was the Pair of Kings, color pencil drawing which won the Silver Key award. The other was the Global Thinker, charcoal drawing which got the honorable mention award. Here are couple of photos from the exhibit. The exhibit is up until January 25th.

Pair of Kings

Pair of Kings and the artist

Global Thinker

Global Thinker and the artists

The artists from The Bear Creek School with their art teacher

Great job, Mia! Congratulations!

]]>http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2015/01/17/mias-art-at-the-cornish-playhouse-hosted-by-cornish-college-of-the-arts/feed/02015-01-11 MIa's art at Cornish Playhouse (2)pekkan4Pair of KingsPair if Kings and the artistGlobal ThinkerGlobal Thinker and the artists2015-01-11 Scholastic Art and Writing Award - Silver Key for Paif of Kings - Mia2015-01-11 Scholastic Art and Writing Award - Honorable Mention for Global Thinker - MiaThe artists from The Bear Creek School with their art teacher2014 Holiday greeting (video)http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/12/24/2014-holiday-greeting-video/
http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/12/24/2014-holiday-greeting-video/#commentsWed, 24 Dec 2014 22:27:22 +0000http://pekkaniikkonen.com/?p=1426]]>Here’s a video with some images of what was going on for us in 2014.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2015!

The view from the ferry from Bainbridge Island to Seattle, on a road trip on bikes with Forrest in the Fall

We made one batch of the Christmas tarts with ready made fillo dough because I was going to go the easy way. They tasted somewhat right but texture was way too dry. So then I thought WTF (“Winterly True Family Event”) needs my dough made from scratch. They in the picture looking and tasting so much more right and better.

Christmas tarts and gingerbread cookies

Round of “Rosolli” and seafood, herring and salmon prepared in few ways, along with Finnish rye sourdough and potato rye breads

]]>http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/09/11/japanese-cheesecake-4/feed/02014-08-31 Mia made Japanese Cheesecake (3)pekkan42014-08-31 Mia made Japanese Cheesecake (3)Airboat tour in Everglades, Miami, FLhttp://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/08/25/airboat-tour-in-everglades-miami-fl/
http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/08/25/airboat-tour-in-everglades-miami-fl/#commentsTue, 26 Aug 2014 02:33:23 +0000http://pekkaniikkonen.com/?p=1376]]>We spent some time in Miami with a bunch of great friends. One part of the trip was a fun airboat tour in everglades of Miami to see alligators and other wildlife in their natural habitat. Great adventure!

He brought us a lily pad and said: “Reach out your hand, I’ll give it to you. Honestly, I will!”

]]>http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/08/25/airboat-tour-in-everglades-miami-fl/feed/02014-08-22 10.37.43-1pekkan42014-08-22 10.34.18Fireworks by Skywizard Pyrohttp://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/07/05/fireworks-by-skywizard-pyro/
http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/07/05/fireworks-by-skywizard-pyro/#commentsSat, 05 Jul 2014 20:20:27 +0000http://pekkaniikkonen.com/?p=1360]]>Went to see this great firework show in Monroe, WA last weekend with Andrei & Bruce. It was put together by Skywizard Pyro.

]]>http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/07/05/fireworks-by-skywizard-pyro/feed/0pekkan4Mia’s book arthttp://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/06/04/mias-book-art/
http://pekkaniikkonen.com/2014/06/04/mias-book-art/#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 05:08:07 +0000http://pekkaniikkonen.com/?p=1356Continue reading →]]>Mia did some tedious work to create art off of a book, that is pretty thick with lots of pages. The book is called A Thousand Days by John F. Kennedy. Mia took sections of pages and drew a picture on the top, repeating that digging deeper in the book for series of images, carving pieces out that are not needed in a given layer. Result is a 3D image of the scenery and it is just a great idea that looks a beautiful piece of art.